Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-22
The LIZZIE BLOCK.
..,ss, Testimony in the Libel Suit
Concluded and That Of the
Defence Begun.
.,;ne Evidence Of Ex.Policemau
: ,udford and Other Eye Wit.
uesses-Aleck Mc6lew
on the stand.

on the stand.
r,.n court opened this morning, Mr.
x.',,,s examination was resumed, MI
h", ,on,s objection OF tho previous even
y, being overru'cd.
w., Kirby: l am rot living with m.
susband now.
r.oss.examined: My husband lives eigh
". from Anaconda. We have no con
'.,;on with each other in business O.
~,ssvise. We have children. all OF whom
with me. We are not divorced. NJ,
'',uership with Mrs. Rae is not in writing
Z. ore also in the mining business In thi,
w other counties. We made $500 q weel
,,n the lodging house business until j,
~. destroyed by those articles. The ar
.ns made all the roomers leave. heart
sister order Ziepenfuss out of the Ora nc
rM,trss beca III he was living with a woman
w was not nice. I don't know how
y, many were turned out for tho sam
' Io.eph A. Hyde testified that the Lissi.
* vas full ali the time before the publ
lon, end empty after. This closed The
ence for the plaintiffs. Mr.. Naptou
fpd for a nonsuit on the grounds that
.nlaint fl are married women. and there
tsr allegation in their complaint to cover
Esr defects M such; that the evidence
%, mt OF sufficient weight to justify sub.
'". x, tha s,,v, %Lo .LI:~-
lima not being directed against the plain
sxs Individually, or other than that what
-. nroyed hy themselves ard witnesses,
that they kept II hous, in which were
iodcers OF bad repute, and it was the priv.
lire of newspapers 10 puoilsh and con-
denim such places.
Notion for %nonsuit ~overruled.
Court adjourned until 2 O'Clock p. NJ,
.nd then opened BY swearing The
WITNESSES FOR THE DEFENCE.
Phil Julien testified that Ziegenfuss waa
.ditor AID general manager OF The MINER
IN January, 1886. Explained du'ies of ed
;tor. Said SUCH matter as the alleged libels
might have gnn into the paper without the
knowledge OF Zlegenfues.
W A. Clark: Had conversation with
Mr.. Rae about the time the publications
annex red in The MINER. She asked il |
,oonldnt stop Zlegenfuss publishir e such
matter. told her l had nothing to do
nth the management OF TIE MINER, and
sdvis d her to see Mr.. Thornton. I never
Jaw Mrs. Rae In the Lizzie Block; was never
IN the building, to my. recollection.
The testimony OF Mrs. Rae stating that
,he had seen Mr.. Clark and every member
Of The Miner Publishing Company in the
building was produced, but on being exam
med il proved that no particular building
was designated. e
Mr., Clark: l had heard a great deal of
talk about the bad reputation OF those
buildings. Can't say from whom; it was a
matter Of eur ent talk. It was considered
rather bad, 80 far as occupants we're con.
cerned.
Cross.examined: I don't remember
meeting Mrs. Rae at the Grand Central.
Think | met her at the NJ. Vernon, and
NAV possibly Rave mot her at the Grand
Central. All I know about the houses il
that they have q bad reputation.
Chief Meikl, john: ] was Chief Of Police
in January, 1886, and since the spring Of
1885. There WAS a good deal OF talk
about the bad reputation Of the Lizzie
Block and the Grand central. / couldn't
eay how often people asked me il the Lizzie
Block was TO he pulled. On one occasion.
think after The MINERS attack, q man
asked me il it would he pulled, and I said
not. He said he wanted to take a room
there. M he had nm engagemeDt.> don't
know wheth r it was with a man or woman.
! think | had Occasinns to make arrests in
the buiding. On several occasions the
prophet RS sert for officers: once to arr est
3 man kicking in the hOrr, a room where
biz vile. who lad left him. was staying.
Mr. NATION asked the witness il he knew
id Qainn.
Nj. Forb g objected TO the question. and
asked " hat WAS the objert.
Mr.. Naptun said h. wanted to prove that
It WIS n house Of public prostitution.
Mr.. Forbi- argued that it couldn't be
proved by one case.
Mr.. n apton responded that he intended
to prove it by Il number Of cases, one ut y
time. The obj ct on was overruled.
Witness resi- med: Ida Quinn kept a house
Of PROSTITUTION IN Wyoming ptreet. aud
then moved to the Lizzie Block. I know
several men to be tht re with ~ hut
don't KIN w whether they were MARI, d or
not. The only one l made a sl;tcialty 81
sas ZiegpnfGss. He Was the man l WIS
after. | never raided the house. Never
ioun strange men and women sleeping to-
gsther. Mrs. Rae told the Marshal she
wanted the police to move disreputable
characters out OF the Lizzie Block. Several
moved out when it came to light that dis.
reputab bic characters were there. l have
said that il the Lizzie Block was raided a
lot OF other houses in town should be
pulled l meant other houses were just as
bad as the Lizzie Block, and were more
public. | don't know whether the girls
there called TO street passers t. induce
them to O. into the house. The reputation
ofthe Lizzie Bio 81 wes bad.
Cross examined. People did ask me the
character OF the houses before the publ.
cation. I remember Crawford coming into
The police court and saying tnat some.
body would be bowling next day. The oc'
eupants OF ,be Lizzie Block were chiefly
lrom the Arion and Comique. l have my
opinion OF their characters a. d their ac-
tons on the streets. One woman, Jessie
Forester. gave us a good deal OF trouble.
She had Red and Harry the pianist in the
Arion, on the string. They got drunk and
fought about h-r. I don't know that Har'
~ was her husband l knew from their
own statements that they fought about
her. 1t was right after I had a difficulty
with the editor Of the Town Talk that 1
Saw Ziegelfuss in the LIZZIE Block. l ron
Guided that the only way 10 stop him
abusing me and the police WAS to eaten
MIN in some low acts and arrest him. A
good many OF the occupants OF the L'szie
block CLAIMED that they were not married.
! don't know that it WAS the impress. n
that a Colorado crew were running The
MINER in their own interests. ! could hot
say whether all the arrests in the LIZZIE
Book wire at the request of the propri'
stors.
By Mr.. Napton: I arrested several par
lies in the Lizzie Block for raising disturb.
sncr while under the influence Of liquor. l
dont know how many. but Know there
were several instanc q Of that kind.
BY Mr.. Campbell: Never arrested any
one Tor formation.
Mr.. Ledford: l was a policeman i1 jan
unary, 1856. The reputation oi the L'zs'e
Slpck and Grand Central was considered
DAD Def re publication. l made s"me ar,
rests n L'zz'e Block, and wss often ca''eo
10 q!ell djsturba, cps when didn't